THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2012

THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2012

2009 Bethel Heights Vineyard Chardonnay Estate Grown – 90

($25) Tangy and appealing for its tightly knit tangerine, pear and spice flavors, finishing with zip. Drink now through 2013.

2009 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Casteel Reserve – 93

($60) Firm in texture up front, with a mineral cast to the dark […]

THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 20122017-07-11T04:28:28-07:00

THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2013

THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2013

2010 Bethel Heights Vineyard Chardonnay Estate Grown – 90Fresh and lively, showing citrusy tamarind accents around a racy core of green pear fruit. Should benefit from a year or two in the cellar. Drink now through 2015.

2010 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Casteel Reserve – 94($60) Smooth, […]

THE WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 20132017-07-11T04:30:21-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 2013

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 2013

2011 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Justice Vineyard – 90

A lovely, open-textured style, offering black cherry and mineral flavors against soft tannins, lingering enticingly. Drink now through 2017. 143 cases made. –HS

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 20132017-07-12T04:12:00-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 2014

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 2014

2012 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Flat Block – 95

Glass smooth and polished, brimming with boysenberry, plum, rhubarb pie and exotic spice flavors, coming together into a taut, medium-weight and expressive finish, persisiting impressively. Drink now through 2022. -H.S.

2012 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir West Block – 94

Fleshy, open-textured and […]

WINE SPECTATOR, NOVEMBER 20142017-07-12T03:49:46-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2015

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2015

2012 Bethel Heights Vineyard Pinot Noir Estate – 92

Soft and appealing, with gentle blackberry and black plum flavors riding easily over polished tannins and lingering on the expressive finish.  The tannins are well-integrated, the flavors persistent.  Drink now through 2022.

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 20152017-07-12T04:03:26-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2016

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2016

2013 Bethel Heights Chardonnay Eola-Amity Hills – 90

Fresh and lively, this lighter style offers tension to the pear, citrus and mineral flavors that persist into a focused and expressive finish. Drink now through 2020. 1,084 cases made. –HS

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 20162017-07-12T04:08:09-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, AUGUST 2016

WINE SPECTATOR, AUGUST 2016

2014 Pinot Noir Estate – 92

Fresh and expressive, with depth to the plum, currant, floral and mineral flavors. Comes together seamlessly on the open-textured finish, leaving an echo of prickly tannins. -Harvey Steiman

WINE SPECTATOR, AUGUST 20162017-07-12T04:14:46-07:00

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2017

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 2017

A Pioneer Reaches the Pinnacle in Oregon

Bethel Heights Vineyard grows its grapes on 103 acres in the Eola- Amity Hills AVA, a windy area just north of Salem, the state capital. The family-owned winery is an Oregon pioneer, founded in 1977, and all its wines are produced from estate-owned vineyards. […]

WINE SPECTATOR, FEBRUARY 20172017-07-12T04:13:54-07:00
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